Just like the title says.I'll get more pics of it in the next few days maybe.I traded a set of tires for it in "un-operable" condition. Wouldn't start, battery was low, missing a plug wire, coil had a paperclip holding the - terminal on, brakes bled down quick, battery terminals were all falling apart, someone "installed" a stereo, one tire was flat the others had about 10psi, oil was gassy, interior lights didn't work, one of four runner lights worked, right turn signal stayed on solid, and it had this "nsty tuning" sticker on the side.

So, I charged the battery and replaced the terminals, replaced some bulbs, replaced the broken coil, installed new plugs and wires I had set aside for my '85 or '87 Conquests, bled the brakes and replaced the vacuum check valve with one from one of my quests, removed the stereo that wasn't even connected from the hole that someone melted out of the dash, filled the tires with air, changed the oil, set the timing to 10°, and removed the "nsty tuning" sticker.

So far so good. but she shoots a pop out the exhaust after a couple seconds after I shut her down, and it kind of diesels after a ~10minute highway drive at 55mph. Plugs look clean/gray/lean, wires are new, timing is on. My brother brought me a service manual, so I'm digging into that now.

Hooked up the wideband, after removing the "cat" and fixing exhaust leaks.Cold start idle-9:1Cold start idle in gear-14:1Cold start cruise-13.7:1Cold start WOT-13.5:1Warmed up idle-20+:1Warmed up idle in gear-15:1Warmed up cruise-15:1Warmed up WOT-13.9:1

Adjusting idle enrichment doesn't effect idle enrichment or cruise, or anything. So it seems I need a carb rebuild/cleanup.Also, during cruising I get lean surges to 17:1, no issues under WOT.I'm going to change the fuel filter and maybe convert to an electric pump at the same time.It doesn't pop so loud after shutdown with no "cat" thing. Still pops though.

When I still had the Saturn motor in my coupe I had some problems with carbon build up. It was a pretty tired motor. The carbon was "glowing" and causing pinging (or i think you call it knocking) plus dieseling or run on after you shut it down.

I used a fuel additive made by Wynn's but I can't quite remember what it was called. But it cleared out the carbon build up and helped a bit. Engine was still pretty toast but it didn't ping anymore.

I'm going to stuff the things from this: http://www.starquestclub.com/forum/inde ... opic=60751into it.I also have a Ford 9" fabricated housing with a nodular center and spool with 4.56 gears.Basically I don't want to back half my quest to make it handle the power that motor is making.I'm going to mess around with it in stock form for a while before I do all that though.

I should probably start a new thread for this, but I'll ask here anyways.Has anyone put a head from a 2.6l g54b with tbi from a conquest onto an astron 2.0l?Controlling it will be easy with megasquirt. I doubt the ecu would run it well anyways with .6l less displacement and 8.5:1 vs 7.0:1 compression.Using points with a single coil setup and 2 injectors, staged (one big, one small) or alternating (two medium sized) is simple, and a megasquirt 1 cpu on a v2.2 board will handle that and then some.

But the head I plan to use needs a new valve or more. So it will be a little before I pursue this. I am not concerned with the life of the engine though, so I'm not going to lower the compression or use forged bits, since I kind of like the low end that compression gives you.I am starting to get leaky valve seals on the 2.0l, and the carb needs rebuilt, but it still drives ok on a cruise, to and from work is annoying since I get part throttle lean surges. Besides, who doesn't like driving a turbo car? Oh, did I mention it would be turboed?

I noticed that you took the grille off. I don't know if you're looking for one or not (the one on the car in earlier pics was missing a small piece) but there is one on eBay that would fit your car. The price is a little steep, but those grilles are not easy to find in one piece. It's been listed for awhile, so I don't know if the price will come down.http://www.ebay.com/itm/1977-PLYMOUTH-A ... es&vxp=mtr